Hymn #331 - The Advent of Our King
Tune: ST. THOMAS
File: lsb331.txt

[1] The advent of our King
    Our prayers must now employ,
    And we must hymns of welcome sing
    In strains of holy joy.

[2] The everlasting Son
    Incarnate deigns to be,
    Himself a servant's form puts on
    To set His servants free.

[3] O Zion's Daughter, rise
    To meet your lowly King,
    Nor let a faithless heart despise
    The peace He comes to bring.

[4] As judge, on clouds of light,
    He soon will come again
    And His true members all unite
    With Him in heav'n to reign.

[5] Before the dawning Day
    Let sin's dark deeds be gone,
    The sinful self be put away,
    The new self now put on.

[6] All glory to the Son,
    Who comes to set us free,
    With Father, Spirit, ever one
    Through all eternity.

Composers & Copyrights:
  Text: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749
        Public Domain
  Tune: Aaron Williams, 1731-76
        Public Domain

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